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as we look to the future, they'll be there ahead of us, lights on, showing us the way forward. this is just the beginning of the reinvention of business. and while we're sure we don't know all the answers, we do know one thing for certain, we want to help. come see what the beginning looks like at openforum.com >>> we're back. time for the politics fix with columnist kathleen parker and salon.com's editor-in-chief joan walsh. i'm not sure you're going to argue much. but let me tell you i've never seen a stronger column in the newspapers than what i read this morning when i got up. and the reason i'm so glad kathleen is joining us, joan, is because she wrote this column, basically backing up senator george voinovich of ohio saying the republican party which has been doing pretty well over the last century, has essentially been getting destroyed by the right-wingers in the south. we've talked about the obsession with the birthing thing down in the south and all the rest of the ethnic potential here. here's a quote that really grabbed me. that same rage was on display again in the
as we look to the future, they'll be there ahead of us, lights on, showing us the way forward. this is just the beginning of the reinvention of business. and while we're sure we don't know all the answers, we do know one thing for certain, we want to help. come see what the beginning looks like at openforum.com >>> we're back. time for the politics fix with columnist kathleen parker and salon.com's editor-in-chief joan walsh. i'm not sure you're going to argue much. but let me tell you...
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he told us a public option was going to kill us. and he's told ought he town hall folks that the president, the house speaker nancy pelosi and senate majority leader harry reid are planning to use a crisis as an excuse to declare martial law. it's all part of socialism. >> they have one agenda, that's socialism. i call it a steamrolling socialism being driven by nancy pelosi, harry reid and fueled by barack obama. actually there's a history of that. why would a government ever use a crisis to consolidate power and put military on america's streets? oh, yeah, you're right, there is a history, just not in democratic administrations. scaring your town hall seniors with threats of socialism and martial law? that's fear mongering "psychotalk," congressman. >>> and the congressman who proposed the end of life passage of the bill joins me to set the record straight right here on "the ed show," next. plus or panel will respond to my commentary on the christian faith and moral obligation to deliver health care in this country. that's next up
he told us a public option was going to kill us. and he's told ought he town hall folks that the president, the house speaker nancy pelosi and senate majority leader harry reid are planning to use a crisis as an excuse to declare martial law. it's all part of socialism. >> they have one agenda, that's socialism. i call it a steamrolling socialism being driven by nancy pelosi, harry reid and fueled by barack obama. actually there's a history of that. why would a government ever use a...
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i'll be using the 3g at&t laptopconnect card. he won't. so i can book travel plans faster, check my account balances faster. all on the go. i'm bill kurtis and i'm faster than andy roddick. (announcer) "switch to the nations fastest 3g network" >>> during the bush year, quite a few administration officials forced to leave their jobs under dark clouds. the policy adviser who left after shoplifting a bunk of stuff from target. there was bush's aides czar, tobias, famous for telling foreign countries they couldn't get american money to fide unless they cracked down on hookers. mr. tobias resigned, of course, after his name turned up on the client list of the d.c. madam and the head of procurement at the white house who was busted in the jake abramoff scandal and the number two gip at interior department also busted in the abramoff scandal. if i keep listing how officials were bufrted in the abramoff scandal we'll be here a long time. a lot of dark clouds over the bush administration. one of them was president bush's administrator of health ca
i'll be using the 3g at&t laptopconnect card. he won't. so i can book travel plans faster, check my account balances faster. all on the go. i'm bill kurtis and i'm faster than andy roddick. (announcer) "switch to the nations fastest 3g network" >>> during the bush year, quite a few administration officials forced to leave their jobs under dark clouds. the policy adviser who left after shoplifting a bunk of stuff from target. there was bush's aides czar, tobias, famous for...
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in an odd way we have prestige that we can use. every time we give prestige to somebody, i don't think it necessarily brings us down. >> i agree to this extent. there's enormous prestige but he's the former president of the united states and you played that card and did you play it wisely in terms of what's happening in asia. >> bob you're up there in hillaryville. new york is -- people seem to be in the sphere of the clintons up there. is there now going to be a bigger role for bill clinton in our world? >> i don't know if it's going to be bigger or not. i think that the obama administration always had the idea that they would be able to use bill clinton from time to time effectively. obviously, you know, it's delicate. his wife is secretary of state. you know, and she has to take the point position on diplomacy. but when the time comes and bill clinton can be helpful either in an a high profile way or behind the scenes i think the obama administration had planned all the time to use him, and bill had made it clear after the elect
in an odd way we have prestige that we can use. every time we give prestige to somebody, i don't think it necessarily brings us down. >> i agree to this extent. there's enormous prestige but he's the former president of the united states and you played that card and did you play it wisely in terms of what's happening in asia. >> bob you're up there in hillaryville. new york is -- people seem to be in the sphere of the clintons up there. is there now going to be a bigger role for...
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get in deficit down and keep us on -- put us back on a sustainable path. sean: and what does he say? >> he agreed with that, sean. sean: but he quadrupled the deficit in a year. >> well, to be fair to the president, there were some extraordinary circumstances. and he inherited a bad economy and a couple of wars and some other things. but the point i want to make is he was well aware that we have some tough decisions to make. he was alarmed at the first c.b.o. analysis of the health care proposal in the house said that it increased the deficit rather than reduced it. he knows we can't go down that path. and so i think going forward, you will see him speaking directly to those americans who currently have insurance, and trying to put this in the context of getting our deficit under control. because if we don't get health care costs under control it will be virtually impossible to get the deficit down. and i agree with you. this is on an unsustainable path. the last thing i said was mr. president, i've become a little cynical about spending in washington. and
get in deficit down and keep us on -- put us back on a sustainable path. sean: and what does he say? >> he agreed with that, sean. sean: but he quadrupled the deficit in a year. >> well, to be fair to the president, there were some extraordinary circumstances. and he inherited a bad economy and a couple of wars and some other things. but the point i want to make is he was well aware that we have some tough decisions to make. he was alarmed at the first c.b.o. analysis of the health...
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both joining us tonight. nathan, congratulations on this discovery. >> thank you. >> i know this is so important in the scientific community. for folks at home myself included, i listen to all this and think, malaria, where does the mosquito fit in here? >> sure. mosquitos permit malaria to move from animal to animal. hundreds of thousands of years a single infected mosquito who fed on a chimpanzee and later fed on a human that permitted this parasite to cross over into humans. >> that is amazing. you can trace it back from that one single mosquito that far. sanjay, medically, why is this so important? >> you mentioned a million or two die from malaria, 500 million get infected. i have had malaria. nathan has had it a few times. a lot of people get this. it is awful in terms of symptoms. more to the point and curious what nathan thinks about this, this idea if you isolate a path gen like this in chimpanzees, could you possibly be one step closer to creating a vaccine? we talk about mosquito nets and preventin
both joining us tonight. nathan, congratulations on this discovery. >> thank you. >> i know this is so important in the scientific community. for folks at home myself included, i listen to all this and think, malaria, where does the mosquito fit in here? >> sure. mosquitos permit malaria to move from animal to animal. hundreds of thousands of years a single infected mosquito who fed on a chimpanzee and later fed on a human that permitted this parasite to cross over into...
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if you want to call us not seas, let's look at national socialism -- us nazis, let's look at national socialism. it is very much what we see in this administration. it is the same economic and political policy. if they want to talk about nazis, they may find that the swastika is on their own arm. sean: you obviously had the crowd behind you. he did not give a full apology for that statement. i did not hear him say that i am sorry for using that term. did you find his so-called apology acceptable to you? >> it was more of a political dance. i do not know if it was an irish jig or a waltz. he avoided the words. he did not want to admit to saying it. as my representative, you should be able to stand up there and admit what you said. if you believe you did something wrong, admit it. you work for us, we do not work for you. sean: we seem to forget the term public servants. her monologue is a great reminder of that. we have an investigative report coming up later in the program. the story broke in the wall street journal last week. there was a 52-page book entitled, "your life, your choices
if you want to call us not seas, let's look at national socialism -- us nazis, let's look at national socialism. it is very much what we see in this administration. it is the same economic and political policy. if they want to talk about nazis, they may find that the swastika is on their own arm. sean: you obviously had the crowd behind you. he did not give a full apology for that statement. i did not hear him say that i am sorry for using that term. did you find his so-called apology...
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that's what all of us have to do when we make mistakes which all of us do. he could pole dance for $10,000. >> he probably would make a lot more money than i would. >> i do think he -- there should be a very public expression of regret and good work. >> most people didn't even know this kind of dog gaming went on. i think for many of us, what, people do this to dogs? so now this is an awareness and he can draw attention to this cause. >> that's true. that's true. >> and i'm interested, jonathan capehart, to get your take on it because michael vick, he's declared for bankruptcy. he lost two years of his nfl career. he went to jail for two years. what else would people have him do? >> i guess people would have him, i don't know, give money to animal causes and charities. >> he will. >> and be a spokesperson. personally i think if he were to do that, that would just strike me as being, i don't know, given the severity of the crime a little disingenuous. i just think that he should -- gate, he's going to have a new paycheck. he's going to philadelphia. he's goin
that's what all of us have to do when we make mistakes which all of us do. he could pole dance for $10,000. >> he probably would make a lot more money than i would. >> i do think he -- there should be a very public expression of regret and good work. >> most people didn't even know this kind of dog gaming went on. i think for many of us, what, people do this to dogs? so now this is an awareness and he can draw attention to this cause. >> that's true. that's true....
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medicare does not tell us what hospital to go to, what specialist we can use. it is extraordinarily rare that it never denies a procedure. private insurance does this all the time. we can all side anecdote after an adult with private insurance has done terrible things for patients -- we can all site anecdote after anecdote. greta: i understand that you are in favor of something different being proposed by the president, and the single-payer -- we have soundbites where president obama said earlier in his career that he is in favor of single-payer. have you ever discussed this with the president? >> no, i have not. i have not. but i have seen those tapes that showed where he favored it. greg from -- greta: so i take it that youç are a little disappointed that he does not have that same idea anymore. >> yes, i am. if 30% of the costs of health care are for administrative costs because of the private insurance. if we eliminated the private insurance;hp'd at universal medicare, $400 billion -- and had universal medicare. that would cover the uninsured. in my offi
medicare does not tell us what hospital to go to, what specialist we can use. it is extraordinarily rare that it never denies a procedure. private insurance does this all the time. we can all side anecdote after an adult with private insurance has done terrible things for patients -- we can all site anecdote after anecdote. greta: i understand that you are in favor of something different being proposed by the president, and the single-payer -- we have soundbites where president obama said...
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he joins us now. we're going to look at some polls right now to show you how bad this thing is for the president. it's a new pew poll. two-thirds of the country think the president obama and republican leaders are not working together. among those two-thirds, 17% of them blame the president compared to 7% back in february. so he's losing ground there. republicans are holding it just under 30%. now for party favorability. look at this. the democrats are down below 50% for the first time. republicans holding at 40%. in other words, their slash and burn attacks on the president haven't hurt them an inch. that would tell me as a republican, if i were a republican activist, i would say keep on the fire, keep the flame thrower aimed directly at the white house. we're not losing, he is. >> well, what's -- what's amazing to me about those numbers is that the republicans are seeing that gain or at least devaluing the president's numbers without really offering an alternative. in other words, it's not as if the
he joins us now. we're going to look at some polls right now to show you how bad this thing is for the president. it's a new pew poll. two-thirds of the country think the president obama and republican leaders are not working together. among those two-thirds, 17% of them blame the president compared to 7% back in february. so he's losing ground there. republicans are holding it just under 30%. now for party favorability. look at this. the democrats are down below 50% for the first time....
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we cannot permit a safe haven for planning against us from the al qaeda who got us on 9/11. that's the real objective. >> you're willing to give up american lives on an open-ended policy, and also billions of dollars, we don't know how long we're going to be there -- this is iraq all over again, isn't it? >> no, i made it very clear, when i was director of defense policy at the white house and clinton administration we always had an exit strategy. >> okay, so -- >> let the public know, are we succeeding or not? and our public needs -- it's why i voted for that amendment jim mcgovern submitted and it failed to pass the house of representatives. we didn't even have enough democrats for it. we need a measurement of our success or failure so then we can make a decision, is it worth it? we don't have it. >> former admiral congressman joe sestek, thanks so much. >> thanks for having me, ed. >> for me on this let's turn to our panel. writer and commentator nancy giles with us tonight. political health reporter for "the huffington post" sam stein. former special assistant to preside
we cannot permit a safe haven for planning against us from the al qaeda who got us on 9/11. that's the real objective. >> you're willing to give up american lives on an open-ended policy, and also billions of dollars, we don't know how long we're going to be there -- this is iraq all over again, isn't it? >> no, i made it very clear, when i was director of defense policy at the white house and clinton administration we always had an exit strategy. >> okay, so -- >> let...
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tax those above $17,000, and use those monies, use the money generated to actually allow people that cannot afford health care today to be able to buy it. that's something that i think, chris, we could get a large bipartisan support for. it would actually go way down the road to solving this problem. >> i think you're right. isn't that what people like ron wyden want to do and his republican colleague? >> it is. and, chris, i met with the president two weeks ago, and i appreciate it. i have been to meetings that you can't imagine the number of meetings i have been to on health care. i do not understand why the president will not sit down with leadership and focus on this very sensible solution. the other piece, chris, is taking $400 billion out of medicare, which is we all know insolvent. the trustees have told us it's going to be insolvent in 2017. taking money away from medicare, not doing the doc fix. you see us each year looking for ways to pay providers so they won't be cut by 21%, not even dealing with that, but using this money to leverage a whole new program is not even sensi
tax those above $17,000, and use those monies, use the money generated to actually allow people that cannot afford health care today to be able to buy it. that's something that i think, chris, we could get a large bipartisan support for. it would actually go way down the road to solving this problem. >> i think you're right. isn't that what people like ron wyden want to do and his republican colleague? >> it is. and, chris, i met with the president two weeks ago, and i appreciate...
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joining us now is mr. bahari's wife. she joins us from london. thanks very much for agreeing to talk with us. >> thank you. >> first of all, i don't know you and i hope you don't mind me asking because it is personal. do i want to ask just how you are doing, how you and your family are holding up through all of this. >> holding up through all of this. >> it's a very difficult time, one i could never have imagined would ever be like this, ever. i'm 6 1/2 months pregnant and so i just have to keep positive always and it's such a struggle to remain always with hopes and to get through this time. >> have you been able to be in touch with maziar at all or has anybody in your family been able to be in touch with him? >> maziar's mother has spoken very briefly with maziar a few times during the last month and a half. maziar's mother was able to see maziar in the prison with the maziar's brother-in-law, but i haven't had any details about that meeting, other than that it was very brief and i think maziar said he was okay. other than that, i've not spoken
joining us now is mr. bahari's wife. she joins us from london. thanks very much for agreeing to talk with us. >> thank you. >> first of all, i don't know you and i hope you don't mind me asking because it is personal. do i want to ask just how you are doing, how you and your family are holding up through all of this. >> holding up through all of this. >> it's a very difficult time, one i could never have imagined would ever be like this, ever. i'm 6 1/2 months pregnant...
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stay with us. progressive. call or click today. >>> if over here you have the incoherent postrational threat'sing activity of the anti-protesters this aurm snd over here the incoherent violence hostility of the anti-abortion movement, this is what they look like when they both happen at once. [ chanting ] >> the guy screaming, "howard dean is a baby killer" is randall terry. he may look familiar because he make as living doing this. a day after the kansas abortion dr. george tiller wars assassinated mr. terry gave a press conference calling dr. tiller a mass murderer saying he reaped what he sow. shortly thereafter one of the handful of doctors in the u.s. who still does abortions gave a speech in denver, he said in august 1993, randall terry on the national christian radio broadcast invited listeners to assassinate. since no longer with that group, they sent out a fund-raising appeal celebrating the fact dr. tiller's clinic has been closed and they're calling for action this weekend against another doctor who
stay with us. progressive. call or click today. >>> if over here you have the incoherent postrational threat'sing activity of the anti-protesters this aurm snd over here the incoherent violence hostility of the anti-abortion movement, this is what they look like when they both happen at once. [ chanting ] >> the guy screaming, "howard dean is a baby killer" is randall terry. he may look familiar because he make as living doing this. a day after the kansas abortion dr....
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but he hasn't given us. he certainly has opened the door and raised the question. >> and you describe it just now in terms of criminal activity. who is potentially liable and is anybody in position to do anything about it at this late date. >> well, that's the problem. it is a late date. the statute of limitations has run. as i say, if there was pressure, if you do manipulate an agency of government it is a criminal offense. this is one of the things that caught a lot of people in watergate. it's a conspiracy to defraud the government under title 18 usc 371, one as i say a lot of people learned painfully what that statute meant and if you try to have a department do something that's not supposed to do and doing it for political reasons, you can go to jail for that. so as i say, i think that -- i think ridge has hedged this. he's been careful. but he certainly suggested he might have gotten information that indicated this was the reason that he had concerns. >> as opportunistic as it might look, he did say th
but he hasn't given us. he certainly has opened the door and raised the question. >> and you describe it just now in terms of criminal activity. who is potentially liable and is anybody in position to do anything about it at this late date. >> well, that's the problem. it is a late date. the statute of limitations has run. as i say, if there was pressure, if you do manipulate an agency of government it is a criminal offense. this is one of the things that caught a lot of people in...
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it doesn't phase us more. we are so used to these dishonest tactics. it is a wake-up call to independents and moderate republicans that these are the tactics being used. people are decent and intelligent. this turns them off. >> those organizations in your district, obviously the naacp is a real organization, latino was impersonated. how mad are they? >> they are upset. obviously, anything like this, where someone is claiming your letter head and claiming your position is outrageous. they also did java, the jefferson area board for the aging, which is a great organization in our community that helps our seniors. for them to get dragged into something like this is a blow to folks in the area. it's also just a turn-off again to these sorts of corporate lobbying tactics. genuine genuinely agreeable people can spend that time together and disagree. we don't need the outside agitators and this dishonest tactic coming in. it's where the wedge is right now between some of the republican tactics in washington and the deese edecency of peopl home. >> there is d
it doesn't phase us more. we are so used to these dishonest tactics. it is a wake-up call to independents and moderate republicans that these are the tactics being used. people are decent and intelligent. this turns them off. >> those organizations in your district, obviously the naacp is a real organization, latino was impersonated. how mad are they? >> they are upset. obviously, anything like this, where someone is claiming your letter head and claiming your position is...
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jim hoagland, thank you for guiding us through it. >>> up next, democrats accuse republicans of using scare tactics s os on health care. we'll get the latest on the debate with republican strategist ann schurer and democratic strategist debbie dingell. you'll love it. your old mop will just have to get over it... [ engine rattles ] [ man ] love stinks! ♪ love stinks! ♪ yeah! yeah! [ female announcer ] new swiffer wet jet is redesigned. it cleans deep in corners. its solution penetrates layers of dirt and its absorbent pad locks it away to clean better than a mop. the newly redesigned swiffer wet jet. ♪ love stinks! garth, you're up. hold on, i'm at capitalone.com picking a photo... for my credit card. here's one from my prom. oh, what memories. how 'bout one from our golf outing? ( shouting ) i know, maybe one of my first-born son. dad, mom says the boys gotta go. personalize your card by uploading... your own photo at capitalone.com. what's in your wallet? ♪ a heart attack at 53. i had felt fine. but turns out... my cholesterol and other risk factors... increased my chance of
jim hoagland, thank you for guiding us through it. >>> up next, democrats accuse republicans of using scare tactics s os on health care. we'll get the latest on the debate with republican strategist ann schurer and democratic strategist debbie dingell. you'll love it. your old mop will just have to get over it... [ engine rattles ] [ man ] love stinks! ♪ love stinks! ♪ yeah! yeah! [ female announcer ] new swiffer wet jet is redesigned. it cleans deep in corners. its solution...
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thank you both for joining us. i want melinda and chris to take a look at secretary of state hillary clinton and what she had to say when someone asked her what her husband thought about a matter involving congolese and chinese trade relations. let's listen. >> what does mr. clinton think through the mouth of mrs. clinton and what does mr. mutombo think on this situation? thank you very much. >> wait, you want me to tell what you my husband thinks? my husband is not the secretary of state. i am. so you ask my opinion, i will tell you my opinion. i'm not going to be channeling my husband. >> melinda, your thoughts on that performance? i thought it was very american myself, but let's hear your thoughts. >> it was refreshingly honest. it was obviously from the gut. but also shockingly insecure. i mean, her husband has been reduced to photo-ops with dictators and errands usually run by jimmy carter or jesse jackson. i was surprised she came off as so threatened. >> maybe because she's busting her butt to do something r
thank you both for joining us. i want melinda and chris to take a look at secretary of state hillary clinton and what she had to say when someone asked her what her husband thought about a matter involving congolese and chinese trade relations. let's listen. >> what does mr. clinton think through the mouth of mrs. clinton and what does mr. mutombo think on this situation? thank you very much. >> wait, you want me to tell what you my husband thinks? my husband is not the secretary of...
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bob shrum will be with us. gail collins, this morning she writes about the fragile issue of guns at town hall meetings. dylan ratigan of "morning meeti meeting" will join us and andrea mitchell as well. msnbc political analyst harold ford jr. and savannah guthrie will be here. plus an exclusive look at the top stories politico is working on this morning. you are watching "morning joe." bicycle, i've missed you. gathering dust, as pollen floats through the air. but with the strength of zyrtec ® , the fastest, 24-hour allergy relief, i promise not to wait as long to go for our ride. with zyrtec ® i can love the air ™ . this is my verizon small business specialist, tom. now, i know the catering business but when i walked in here i wasn't sure what i needed. i'm not sure what i need. tom showed me how to use mifi to get my whole team working onli, on location. i was like, "woah". woah ! only verizon wireless has small business specialists in every store to help you do business better. you're like secret ingredi
bob shrum will be with us. gail collins, this morning she writes about the fragile issue of guns at town hall meetings. dylan ratigan of "morning meeti meeting" will join us and andrea mitchell as well. msnbc political analyst harold ford jr. and savannah guthrie will be here. plus an exclusive look at the top stories politico is working on this morning. you are watching "morning joe." bicycle, i've missed you. gathering dust, as pollen floats through the air. but with the...
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thanks so much for joining us. susan, first of all, to you, the battle of the left and the right, kathleen sebelius, the health and human services director went out today and said, nothing new, we weren't sending any signals, but they were! they weren't changing the actual words, but they -- >> apparently, last weekend was the weekend they decided to send a message that they were willing to give up on the public option and go with this more ephemeral ideas or less defined idea of co-o co-ops. the day before on saturday, we had barack obama himself saying at a town hall meeting that this was just a sliver of health care reform. and not something that should undo the idea of moving ahead, even if the public option -- i think the white house has determined that both because of opposition from republicans and more importantly from conservative democrats that this is not going to be in the final bill and they're trying to let these house democrats, who tend to be more liberal, to know that. >> but dan balz, even though
thanks so much for joining us. susan, first of all, to you, the battle of the left and the right, kathleen sebelius, the health and human services director went out today and said, nothing new, we weren't sending any signals, but they were! they weren't changing the actual words, but they -- >> apparently, last weekend was the weekend they decided to send a message that they were willing to give up on the public option and go with this more ephemeral ideas or less defined idea of co-o...
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all of us hope. thank you. >>> and the senate's bipartisan gang of six is working to trim down their yet to be announced health care proposal. but despite outrage from liberals on the left, the finance committee might on the to replace the planned public option with a co-op system. republican senator olympia snowe, a key popularity on the finance committee's gang of six, negotiateding. and she joins us now by phone. thank you so much for joining us, senator. can you tell us what came out of that meeting? are you going to scale it become and is the co-op still in there as an alternative? >> the co-op is, andrea. we're not scaling anything back, but we're looking at various issues and refining, modifying, evaluating, and we're continuing on track. i think the recess, in many ways, is helpful, because it gives us a chance to meet with our constituents, better understand their concerns, their issues. and to get a better feel for the greatest concerns that we have regarding health insurance. and obviously
all of us hope. thank you. >>> and the senate's bipartisan gang of six is working to trim down their yet to be announced health care proposal. but despite outrage from liberals on the left, the finance committee might on the to replace the planned public option with a co-op system. republican senator olympia snowe, a key popularity on the finance committee's gang of six, negotiateding. and she joins us now by phone. thank you so much for joining us, senator. can you tell us what came...
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tell us about that. >> that's right. most conservatives are laying down their criticism for the time being. some aren't. online web editors at almost any website that features a ted kennedy article have been frantically scrambling to try to sensor comments, trying to figure out what comments are okay, what are not. conservative columnist andrew brig brightbar led the charge calling kennedy a villain and saying other things we can't necessarily repeat on such a family friendly show. >> actually, we've taken it pretty low on this show. we smashed that ceiling a long time ago or i guess basement. let's not repeat those. >> okay. >> i did find your article interesting yesterday. rush limbaugh showed great restraint, saying that he felt uncomfortable saying anything negative about senator kennedy as did michelle maul klkin, shed other republicans, back off. >> the only thing he said was senator kennedy was lion and we were his prey. that was actually pretty tame. chap paquiddick was one of the biggest buzz words online. ted k
tell us about that. >> that's right. most conservatives are laying down their criticism for the time being. some aren't. online web editors at almost any website that features a ted kennedy article have been frantically scrambling to try to sensor comments, trying to figure out what comments are okay, what are not. conservative columnist andrew brig brightbar led the charge calling kennedy a villain and saying other things we can't necessarily repeat on such a family friendly show....
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wouldn't let us go there. they wanted us to go to a small local hospital that was totally unequipped to deal with this kind of cancer. >> so they denied that claim, not paying the coverage, and kept sending you letters to the point where you always had the possibility of hope that maybe they would cover it. >> they had a very phony appeals process and you -- we kept on getting these one sentence letters saying that they're turning us down, but if you call this number, we'll reconsider and we would call and we could talk to some insurance company handler and he would always tell us, well, yeah, you know, we have new information here, let's see what we can do for you, and then we would get another letter and it just went around and around. and i began thinking that he was trying to run out the clock on my husband's life. >> and that what happened? >> well, you know, these cancer treatments, they help some people and not others. we eventually said the heck with it and we just took ourselves to the hospital and he
wouldn't let us go there. they wanted us to go to a small local hospital that was totally unequipped to deal with this kind of cancer. >> so they denied that claim, not paying the coverage, and kept sending you letters to the point where you always had the possibility of hope that maybe they would cover it. >> they had a very phony appeals process and you -- we kept on getting these one sentence letters saying that they're turning us down, but if you call this number, we'll...
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obviously, with august is upon us. the senate is in the waning days of its session, and that really sets up the mother of all battles for health care reform over the august recess. i think we saw a little preview of it, where the white house this morning actually released video in direct response to something that had been on the drudge report, a website that a lot of people look at. do you see the white house getting into campaign mode here on this health care issue? >> yes, absolutely. and a little bit of a risk for them. it elevates the drudge report to have someone like linda douglass, a white house official out there responding to someone that was posted on drudge. but i think they feel that this debate is getting away from them. that consensus for health care reform that we saw during the campaign last year has frayed. the president's deadline for congress is not being met. the idea that the house and senate would pass bills before they left on their august recess. they really need to use this time to -- and it's
obviously, with august is upon us. the senate is in the waning days of its session, and that really sets up the mother of all battles for health care reform over the august recess. i think we saw a little preview of it, where the white house this morning actually released video in direct response to something that had been on the drudge report, a website that a lot of people look at. do you see the white house getting into campaign mode here on this health care issue? >> yes, absolutely....
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or cialis for daily use. ask your doctor about cialis today, so when the moment is right, you can be ready. spend 10 minutes a month with natural instincts. it's the healthier way to blend away gray. how? it's antioxidant rich and ammonia-free. in fact the more often you use it, the healthier your hair looks. natural instincts, it's all good. it's much easier to find money at esurance. great auto insurance rates and lots of discounts! got insurance already? save more with esurance's "switch & save (tm) discount"! it also pays to shop online. you get esurance's "fast 5 (tm) discount" just for getting an instant online quote. - thanks, professor. - don't forget the good student discount. and there's even more discounts! it's no "secret" that you can save hundreds with esurance. make it your "mission" to click or call esurance today. >>> one of the strangest political connections of the whole summer has been the linkage between three, count them, three conservative christian republican sex scandals and a house i
or cialis for daily use. ask your doctor about cialis today, so when the moment is right, you can be ready. spend 10 minutes a month with natural instincts. it's the healthier way to blend away gray. how? it's antioxidant rich and ammonia-free. in fact the more often you use it, the healthier your hair looks. natural instincts, it's all good. it's much easier to find money at esurance. great auto insurance rates and lots of discounts! got insurance already? save more with esurance's...
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the military had not been authorized to use these weapons yet blackwater operatives are using them in iraq to apparently explode the bodies of individuals by shooting them in the buttocks. when it comes to the questions of what else these individuals were doing, john doe number one described several specific instances of one of his blackwater colleagues using a squad automatic weapon, a saw automatic weapon which is the kind of gun you use to mow people down to shoot at civilians not posing a threat to blackwater. he says the operatives covered it up with the state department and tried to act as though it was a justifiable kill rather than a murder that he says it was. >> you used the term "hot wash." i mentioned it yesterday without going into explanation. can you provide that? >> keith, you're a sports guy. after a basketball game the team sometimes gets together and they watch videotape of the game. the military, they do the same thing. a hot watch is basically when soldiers get together after action when bullets are fired and they go over what happened during the course of the act
the military had not been authorized to use these weapons yet blackwater operatives are using them in iraq to apparently explode the bodies of individuals by shooting them in the buttocks. when it comes to the questions of what else these individuals were doing, john doe number one described several specific instances of one of his blackwater colleagues using a squad automatic weapon, a saw automatic weapon which is the kind of gun you use to mow people down to shoot at civilians not posing a...
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he'll continue to join us here on cnn to help guide us through this. who were the people aboard this plane? why were they on the plane? who were the people on the helicopter? why were they on it? and that about the eyewitnesss in all of this? details after the break. >>> we're following breaking news happening in new york city over the hudson river. a plane and helicopter collide, but there's also other news to report u report, including this story. from now on, it is justice sonia sotomayor. >> i do solemnly swear. >> i sonia sotomayor come solemnly swear. >> that i will administer justice without respect to persons. >> that i will administer justice without respect to persons. >> and do equal right to the poor and to the rich. >> and do equal right to the poor and to the rich. >> and with her mother holding the bible, sonia sotomayor was sworn in this morning as america's 111th supreme court justice. chief justice john roberts administered the oath during a public ceremony in the high court's conference room. it was the first time the court has allow
he'll continue to join us here on cnn to help guide us through this. who were the people aboard this plane? why were they on the plane? who were the people on the helicopter? why were they on it? and that about the eyewitnesss in all of this? details after the break. >>> we're following breaking news happening in new york city over the hudson river. a plane and helicopter collide, but there's also other news to report u report, including this story. from now on, it is justice sonia...
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that is not getting us anywhere. you know, i -- the problem with what is going on at the white house right now is they're negotiating against themselves. they're not going to get the votes of these guys. >> so you basically disagree with the president. his strategy seems to be try to get some republican support. ted kennedy probably can't make the vote. you will need 60. that's their strategy. you don't like it. >> i don't believe it will be successful. i don't believe -- >> they won't get to 60. >> i believe they're not going to get to 60 with anything worth really all that much. and it's certainly not going to be what he's been going out and articulating we've all been fighting for which is control costs -- >> have you talked to rahm emanuel about this? >> i don't think -- >> i think he disagrees with you. i think he believes something is better than nothing and you disagree with that. >> in the abstract i generally would go for the something. but remember, cost containment is such an important part of it. we're ba
that is not getting us anywhere. you know, i -- the problem with what is going on at the white house right now is they're negotiating against themselves. they're not going to get the votes of these guys. >> so you basically disagree with the president. his strategy seems to be try to get some republican support. ted kennedy probably can't make the vote. you will need 60. that's their strategy. you don't like it. >> i don't believe it will be successful. i don't believe -- >>...
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as well as help us in the only win the congress but help us move an agenda through. he knows that what i had done working in the white house before. and he also knew that i had private sector experience. and that i saw through --. >> rose: in the banking business. >> in the financial sector, yes. you know, i'm reminded, let me just divert for one secretary. josh bollton, president bush's chief of staff, had in earlier december a breakfast for all the chiefs of staff to come together. i don't think they have done that. there were 13 people there, including former secretary of defense rumsfeld, vice president cheney was there, howard baker was there. ken duberstein, leon panetta, sam skinner. i'm leaving others off. i don't want to do that. andy card was there. secretary rumsfeld said, you know, your advantage is that none of us had were that you were here before. and that you had worked in congress i said yes, all those assets are also my liabilities. all the members of congress know you as a first-name basis. i can't be the head of the legislative affairs. i have to
as well as help us in the only win the congress but help us move an agenda through. he knows that what i had done working in the white house before. and he also knew that i had private sector experience. and that i saw through --. >> rose: in the banking business. >> in the financial sector, yes. you know, i'm reminded, let me just divert for one secretary. josh bollton, president bush's chief of staff, had in earlier december a breakfast for all the chiefs of staff to come...
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on the one brought to us by miss taint, a.h. miller. a bunch of certificates from two parts of the world where the attention to detail stopped at the ageing of the paper part. as the actual man whose birth certificate is helping fuel the birders -- >> that is ridiculous. little ole person in adelaide, the president of the united states. i don't know whether to laugh about it or not, or be worried about it. >> be worried about it. earlier this afternoon the jolly swagman president dined with the senate dems, blue dogs and all, and stopped by the white house press briefing room, surprising fellow birthday girl and veteran white house reporter helen thomas with cupcakes. and a preplanned trip to kenya today, taint seemed to think she was there to inspect birth certificates, denying her forged obama document is a fake. ms. taint claiming on her blog, if kenyan b.c., birth certificate, i provided would not be genuine, hillary would not be rushing to kenya, would she? by that logic, if it wasn't a fraud, wouldn't the world have come to an end
on the one brought to us by miss taint, a.h. miller. a bunch of certificates from two parts of the world where the attention to detail stopped at the ageing of the paper part. as the actual man whose birth certificate is helping fuel the birders -- >> that is ridiculous. little ole person in adelaide, the president of the united states. i don't know whether to laugh about it or not, or be worried about it. >> be worried about it. earlier this afternoon the jolly swagman president...
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has progress taken us a better place? i'd say it's taken us for a ride. honestly, what thanks do we owe progress? we're up to our necks in landfill, and down to the wire in resources and climate change is out to get us. that's why progress plays no role inside post shredded wheat. here, we put the "no" in innovation. post original shredded wheat is still just the one simple, honest ingredient which naturally comes with vitamins, minerals and fiber. all we did was make it spoon size. did we go too far? >>> welcome back to "hardball." time for "the politics fix" with joan walsh and watch this. here's barney frank going at that woman who compared barack obama's health care plan to hitler. here he is. >> why do you support this as obama has? >> when you ask me that kwi i am going to revert to my ethnic heritage and answer your question with a question. on what planet do you spend most of your time? it's a tribute to the first amendment this kind of vile, contemptible nonsense is so freely propagated. ma'am, trying to have a conversation with you would be like
has progress taken us a better place? i'd say it's taken us for a ride. honestly, what thanks do we owe progress? we're up to our necks in landfill, and down to the wire in resources and climate change is out to get us. that's why progress plays no role inside post shredded wheat. here, we put the "no" in innovation. post original shredded wheat is still just the one simple, honest ingredient which naturally comes with vitamins, minerals and fiber. all we did was make it spoon size....
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they told us they would get back to us. what's important about this story for american politics right now is that a number of oil companies that are members of the american petroleum institute who are represented by the american petroleum institute in washington claim to be in favor of the climate change legislation. these companies claim to be in favor of the legislation that this rally in houston and many others like it are being held to oppose. the companies are in favor of the legislation but belong to an organization that's against it. that is telling them to even have their employees go to these rallies to put a human face on the opposition. the sort of weird and contradictory, right? actually it's not weird at all. it's exactly the way these things work. these guys are pros. here's another example. this is united for health reform.com. it's a very lovely sort of relaxing website almost. very well laid out. it has an image of a happy family doing stretches in a field. they're surrounded by the message, tell congress t
they told us they would get back to us. what's important about this story for american politics right now is that a number of oil companies that are members of the american petroleum institute who are represented by the american petroleum institute in washington claim to be in favor of the climate change legislation. these companies claim to be in favor of the legislation that this rally in houston and many others like it are being held to oppose. the companies are in favor of the legislation...
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vice president, thank you for joining us. back in 1988, you, of course, ran for vice president yourself. you know what the national campaigns are like, the stress of that. but you had in 1982 cosponsored legislation with ted kennedy for a job training program. it was something that the reagan white house didn't even want and you got together with ted kennedy, because he reached out to you as a young senator, of the opposite party, and that's the way he worked. >> that is the way he worked. and your memory is quite good. look, when ted kennedy reached across the divide in the senate and joined in a bipartisan way, it usually worked. at that particular time, i was chairman of the employment subcommittee and had an outline of a bill, took it to him, he made some amendments. and andrea, once he gave me his word, you could put it in the bank. this was the way he was. he was a person that would work hard, a passion for life, a passion for people. and the senate and the country is going to really miss him, even though we, obviously,
vice president, thank you for joining us. back in 1988, you, of course, ran for vice president yourself. you know what the national campaigns are like, the stress of that. but you had in 1982 cosponsored legislation with ted kennedy for a job training program. it was something that the reagan white house didn't even want and you got together with ted kennedy, because he reached out to you as a young senator, of the opposite party, and that's the way he worked. >> that is the way he...
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joining us chief medical correspondent, dr. sanjay gupta. thanks for joining us here. when you take a look at what was administered through the i.v. to michael jackson on that evening, what do you make of this kind of treatment and the timeline leading up to his death? >> well, it is pretty remarkable to look at. it is not just what drugs were given but over what period of time. a relatively short period of time. lots of these drugs are administered quite often. take a look at how often. look at the timeline, 1:30 in the morning. 10 milligrams of valium. a half hour later, two milligrams of ativan used for anxiety or as a said deaf. after that, two milligrams of versed. after that, two milligrams of ativan after that. and then two milligrams of versed and finally this medication we have been hearing so much about, 25 milligrams of propofol. these are medications that are used as sedatives often. except for the propofol which is often used as a general at stet particular. >> sanjay, would propofol have been as dangerous if he hadn't gotten this other cocktail of drugs t
joining us chief medical correspondent, dr. sanjay gupta. thanks for joining us here. when you take a look at what was administered through the i.v. to michael jackson on that evening, what do you make of this kind of treatment and the timeline leading up to his death? >> well, it is pretty remarkable to look at. it is not just what drugs were given but over what period of time. a relatively short period of time. lots of these drugs are administered quite often. take a look at how often....
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out or put us in. >> we leave it on that note, guys. we'll see you back there tomorrow. let's see what is coming up at the top of the hour. lou? >>> the latest on the show down of health care. the white house and powerful special interest groups joining forces now, attacking the opponents of the president's health care initiatives. the events are coming as polls indicate large numbers of independents are simply desserting president obama. a rising number of americans are fighting back against the democratic parties assault, refusing to be silenced or marginalized. and in a barrage of e-mails, targeting members of congress. >>> and in our face off debate tonight, we examine the issue of whether government has a moral obligation to provide health care. we'll have that debate, all of the day's news, and much more. please join us for that ap the top of the hour. wolf, back to you. >>> lou, we'll see you then. thank you let's check in with jack for the cafferty hour. >> how serious is the united states about national security. if the plan to
out or put us in. >> we leave it on that note, guys. we'll see you back there tomorrow. let's see what is coming up at the top of the hour. lou? >>> the latest on the show down of health care. the white house and powerful special interest groups joining forces now, attacking the opponents of the president's health care initiatives. the events are coming as polls indicate large numbers of independents are simply desserting president obama. a rising number of americans are fighting...
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talking points for them to use at these town halls and to use in their debates with their neighbors and friends. >> i think we're past that point. donna encouraged us to read it. i went and read it. very boring. thanks for make me waste a day. people who want the information, those undecided, will read the bill and it doesn't comport in every instance with what the president and axelrod and everybody out there is saying. so, those who are going to make the difference, the undecideds, are not going to believe what the white house puts out. this is a political tactic. >> i assume the legal office over at the white house, the legal adviser to greg craig and his team, went through and vetted this and made sure it was legal for david axelrod to do this, assuming he did do that, that they checked out the legality of all of that. but some of the president's supporters have said to me today when they got this, what took them so long? what are they waiting for? >> wolf, i didn't receive mine in the mail yet, so maybe it might be in my spam folder, but i believe this e-mail is a very important do
talking points for them to use at these town halls and to use in their debates with their neighbors and friends. >> i think we're past that point. donna encouraged us to read it. i went and read it. very boring. thanks for make me waste a day. people who want the information, those undecided, will read the bill and it doesn't comport in every instance with what the president and axelrod and everybody out there is saying. so, those who are going to make the difference, the undecideds, are...
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we have some great ideas for you as to how to use that cash. and they would be quite complex and we would look at them and say very kind of you, but no, thank you very much. and they would say you know what, are you really boring. and i have to say --. >> rose: and you are missing your chance to make a lot of money. >> well, i have to say today being a little bit self satisfied about it, we can say boring is beautiful. >> rose: what's interesting what you just said is that you learned about risk in a way that had pro found -- profound impact. >> our whole business is risk. >> rose: is that what is going to be one of the lasting legacys of this global crisis? >> well, how long --. >> rose: a different appreciation of risk. >> risk is very important. risk for lloyds is the whole of our business anyway. but if you look on the narrow perspective of it is how this economy and how business is going to grow and change in the future. then i think it's a question of how much people actually take note of that experience in the past. and i talked to a lot
we have some great ideas for you as to how to use that cash. and they would be quite complex and we would look at them and say very kind of you, but no, thank you very much. and they would say you know what, are you really boring. and i have to say --. >> rose: and you are missing your chance to make a lot of money. >> well, i have to say today being a little bit self satisfied about it, we can say boring is beautiful. >> rose: what's interesting what you just said is that you...
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can use less? bring it. with bounty. the thick quicker picker-upper. and try bounty napkins. now with new prints. >>> conservative groups like freedom works continue to support the aggressive protests at democratic congressional town meetings on health care, and now the afl-cio is pushing back and plans to send their own people to these town halls to what could amount to a showdown. between the union guys and women and conservative activists. max pappas, from freedom worms, and an analyst from the afl-cio. you're both professionals. tell me about this. the issues come up whether you're astroturf or not. are you a paid official? >> i work at the headquarters in d.c. >> you work -- and you get a salary from them. >> yes. >> are you a lobbyist? >> no. >> you're lobbying washington and pushing a point of view. how come you're not a lobbyist? >> we're 501-c3. >> you're nonpartisan. >> we're supposed to take this for real you're nonpartisan. you're spending all your time destroying a democratic health ca
can use less? bring it. with bounty. the thick quicker picker-upper. and try bounty napkins. now with new prints. >>> conservative groups like freedom works continue to support the aggressive protests at democratic congressional town meetings on health care, and now the afl-cio is pushing back and plans to send their own people to these town halls to what could amount to a showdown. between the union guys and women and conservative activists. max pappas, from freedom worms, and an...
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use against you? >> a lot of the cultural issues cut both ways. i'm a big supporter of the second amendment. that's an important culture issue in pennsylvania where i am definitely on the right side of this issue. i think right now the issue that's most important to people is the economy. it's jobs. that's always been my focus. i'm a guy that came from the private sector, a guy that actually worked in the real world before going to congress where i sat on the budget committee and focused on economics and budgetary issues. i think that is by far and away the most important issue on the minds of voters. it's exactly what i'm prepared to address and i think it's going to work very well to my advantage. >> how do you think arlen specter votes in the voting booth? did he vote the last 30 years as a republican in the privacy of the voting booth or did he vote secretly for the democrats or what? what's your sense knowing the guy all these years? what is he really? >> chris, i don't know that he has a real co
use against you? >> a lot of the cultural issues cut both ways. i'm a big supporter of the second amendment. that's an important culture issue in pennsylvania where i am definitely on the right side of this issue. i think right now the issue that's most important to people is the economy. it's jobs. that's always been my focus. i'm a guy that came from the private sector, a guy that actually worked in the real world before going to congress where i sat on the budget committee and focused...
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they used it to plant their crops. at the end of this,, sapiens go towards a catastrophic and. -- human beings go towards a catastrophic end. greta: whesean: when would thise place? >> it wouldecember 12th 2012 >e have a decimal counting system. we count intends. sean:a mayan 1.0 represents 20 days. the last calendar round ends with december 21st, 2012. >> the calendar that concerns us is called the long count calendar. this gives us the cycle ending date. greta: it isean: it is also howe prophesies end. >> it describes the end of the sun ages. they all end catastrophically. our age is supposed to end in fire. sean: others to see a happier explanation. >> we know they had a cyclical philosophy. this represents the ends of a large cycle of time. we can see that they conceived of these not in some sort of apocalyptic concept but with the idea of transformation and renewal. sean: this book explores another prophecy. a galactic alignment. >> this is the alignment of the december solstice sun as you'd from earth with a the
they used it to plant their crops. at the end of this,, sapiens go towards a catastrophic and. -- human beings go towards a catastrophic end. greta: whesean: when would thise place? >> it wouldecember 12th 2012 >e have a decimal counting system. we count intends. sean:a mayan 1.0 represents 20 days. the last calendar round ends with december 21st, 2012. >> the calendar that concerns us is called the long count calendar. this gives us the cycle ending date. greta: it isean: it is...
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thanks for being with us. nobody is unhappy here that these journalists were released korea we are all happy about it. we have got to ask one question though -- these journalists were released. we are all happy about it. i cannot see that the president would go if the deal was not arranged ahead of time. >> yes. i have two questions. one, how did they get there in the first place? how did they get there? whose idea was it to send these young women into north korea? and i do not understand it al gore made the response, but ultimately, he is responsible, and the only question we have now is what was offered or what was said in response for it. sean: is it a fair question -- did america, the united states of america, potentially give up something that we may not find out about for some time? >> i guess i am a little bit perplexed. i am not sure that there is something wrong with the former president getting on the plane today and knew that there was a deal that was done and that they were going to be freed. i may
thanks for being with us. nobody is unhappy here that these journalists were released korea we are all happy about it. we have got to ask one question though -- these journalists were released. we are all happy about it. i cannot see that the president would go if the deal was not arranged ahead of time. >> yes. i have two questions. one, how did they get there in the first place? how did they get there? whose idea was it to send these young women into north korea? and i do not understand...
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with us. we're starting to see signs that are working. let's do this on a party line vote. let's just do it without the republicans. let's get health care done the same way. trust us, let's walk the plank together again, and these numbers this week i think at least helps them, i think, get senate democrats -- i can tell you this from talking to some of them, they feel a little encouraged. they feel like, okay, maybe this recovery act is working. maybe they have some evidence and maybe we should just go ahead and get health care done if we have to do it on our own with 50 votes. forget the 60. forget the bipartisan deals. so be it. >> i want to advertise later in the show we're going to show former senator clinton now secretary of state clinton laughing her butt off at some the former bush guy, this former u.s. ambassador to the u.n. said. laughing because somebody had made fun of her shusband's success at bringing back those two american reporters from north korea. what did you make of that? c
with us. we're starting to see signs that are working. let's do this on a party line vote. let's just do it without the republicans. let's get health care done the same way. trust us, let's walk the plank together again, and these numbers this week i think at least helps them, i think, get senate democrats -- i can tell you this from talking to some of them, they feel a little encouraged. they feel like, okay, maybe this recovery act is working. maybe they have some evidence and maybe we should...
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he gave us 9000. they are not reading the bills. >> this is not the change that i want. >> he said there would be transparency and nothing has been transparent. >> i have written him 16 times. he has not written once in response. sean: i wrote once and he would not respond. >> what about whitehouse.gov? it has changed my perspective of being an american. if i send an e-mail to someone else, they can send it to the white house and my name is on the list. sean: i agree with you. how many of you are concerned that the government wants you to report on your fellow citizens? >> "1984." sean: it sounds like "1984." >> it is an invasion. >> it is voluntary. >> what about the people -- >> one at that time. >> if you e-mail somebody right now, they are already taking your information. >> what is scary is citizens turning on each other. sean: let me ask you this question. when we heard they want to push this through in two weeks, and we know they did not read the stimulus bill before they passed it, $787 billio
he gave us 9000. they are not reading the bills. >> this is not the change that i want. >> he said there would be transparency and nothing has been transparent. >> i have written him 16 times. he has not written once in response. sean: i wrote once and he would not respond. >> what about whitehouse.gov? it has changed my perspective of being an american. if i send an e-mail to someone else, they can send it to the white house and my name is on the list. sean: i agree...
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this helps us but it also gives kim jong-il a huge prize. those photo-ops are going to be a big issue for kim jong-il and he's going to want to show some positive moves on his side for getting this prize. >> and does this, you mentioned, does it indeed fit into efforts to restart talks about north korean nukes? >> i think it steadies the situation. we've seen just a very quick spiral downward. and i think bill clinton not only secured the release of these two journalists but more importantly, he saw the importance -- or we've seen the importance of directly engaging kim jong-il. when you engage his minions, you get all sorts of frustration and you get filtered out. if you're able to directly deal with kim jong-il in a way, you're able to move it forward. and i have a sense that we don't know for sure, that there's no way that nuclear issues weren't part of the discussion between kim jong-il and bill clinton. >> and briefly, did he also engage the heir apparent, considering that eventuality? >> i'm sure he met just about everyone. i'm sure we
this helps us but it also gives kim jong-il a huge prize. those photo-ops are going to be a big issue for kim jong-il and he's going to want to show some positive moves on his side for getting this prize. >> and does this, you mentioned, does it indeed fit into efforts to restart talks about north korean nukes? >> i think it steadies the situation. we've seen just a very quick spiral downward. and i think bill clinton not only secured the release of these two journalists but more...
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they used it against bill clinton but they used it against barack obama. i don't think any voted for the stimulus bill in the house and maybe one or two in the senate. the president knows how to get big legislation passed the congress. although the american people would like bipartisanship, the republicans are not inclined to do that so we're on our own. that's a good thing. now we can get down to business of seriously drafting a bill that will work. this is really not a left versus right issue or a liberal issue. i'm not in this because i'm an ideological left winger. if i were, i would be for single-payer. i'm in this because this works. they can go to the public option or stick with the private insurer. >> there are a lot of democrats dpis pinted thinking the president haven't been strong enough on the public option. is it time in your opinion for him to step up and tell the grassleys of the world this is where we're going to go on health care reform. you're either with us or you're against us because this is where the american people are. what do you t
they used it against bill clinton but they used it against barack obama. i don't think any voted for the stimulus bill in the house and maybe one or two in the senate. the president knows how to get big legislation passed the congress. although the american people would like bipartisanship, the republicans are not inclined to do that so we're on our own. that's a good thing. now we can get down to business of seriously drafting a bill that will work. this is really not a left versus right issue...
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he joins us. i love iowa, but it does not have beaches, no mountains are climbing, no disney world to take the family. there is only one reason people go to iowa, so what is up? you are going to iowa. >> do not being dissing i know i was so much. greta: i said i love iowa. >> wisconsin is neighboring iowa. look. i was invited out by the american future funds, and they asked me to come out and give a speech, so i reached out -- by the american future fund. i am speaking. yes, i went to iowa because i am very concerned about what is going on in america right now, and as you know, i come here on fox, go on the radio, and i write, and when you go and give a speech in iowa, people pay attention to what you are doing, and that is what i hope to accomplish. greta: i wrote down in the notes. is what you said code for that you are considering 2012? >> i am worried about 2009. this is a very critical time, greta. the reason you are seeing a deep passion -- this is called a transition -- the reason you are s
he joins us. i love iowa, but it does not have beaches, no mountains are climbing, no disney world to take the family. there is only one reason people go to iowa, so what is up? you are going to iowa. >> do not being dissing i know i was so much. greta: i said i love iowa. >> wisconsin is neighboring iowa. look. i was invited out by the american future funds, and they asked me to come out and give a speech, so i reached out -- by the american future fund. i am speaking. yes, i went...